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Lennart Poettering: Open Source Community "Quite a Sick Place To Be In"
An anonymous reader writes "Free software programmer Lennart Poettering has been part of his fair share of controversy in the open source community, and his latest essay may raise the most eyebrows yet. Poettering takes on the idea that the community is one big happy family and has some harsh words for the loudest and most obnoxious members. He says in part: "I don't usually talk about this too much, and hence I figure that people are really not aware of this, but yes, the Open Source community is full of a#@&oles, and I probably more than most others am one of their most favourite targets. I get hate mail for hacking on Open Source. People have started multiple 'petitions' on petition web sites, asking me to stop working (google for it). Recently, people started collecting Bitcoins to hire a hitman for me (this really happened!). Just the other day, some idiot posted a 'song' on youtube, a creepy work, filled with expletives about me and suggestions of violence. People post websites about boycotting my projects, containing pretty personal attacks. On IRC, people /msg me sometimes, with nasty messages, and references to artwork in 4chan style. And there's more. A lot more."
He deserves to work for Microsoft.
The same abusive jerk has been after me too. Through some savvy detective work, I figured out his real first name: "Linus"
As soon as I determine his last name I'm going to lay down some serious vengeance upon his ass!
people /msg me sometimes, with nasty messages, and references to artwork in 4chan style. And there's more. A lot more.
I know how you feel, 4chan has destroyed much more than open source, it has destroyed my entire peaceful suburban neighborhood, now my neighbor has decorated his little car with a HUGE Pedo Bear decal all over the car, and no one so far - have reacted to this.
What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
Yes we care, too bad the bitcoin address isn't in the summary.
Hey now! This is /., the only suckage you're allowed to discuss is /.beta
You're a moron and you're doing it wrong.
raising money to hire a hit-man to take him out is NOT acceptable
What made it extreme was the use of bitcoin *ducks*
WARNING: Smartphones have side effects--most of them undocumented.
Yes, I'm sure he's very upset at the rejection by all 10 people who use Gentoo.
Does Pulseaudio give anything that ALSA doesn't now?
Yes.
Non-deterministic latency.
This!
Or my favorite version:
If you meet an a**hole in the morning. You met an a**hole.
If you meet a**holes all day, you're the a**hole.
I don't get it. Sometimes your "s" key works, sometimes it produces a "*". Maybe you'd better get your keyboard fixed.